Interdisciplinary language arts and science instruction in elementary classrooms
Subtitle: applying research to practice
By: edited by Valarie L. Akerson.
Contributors: Akerson, Valarie L.
Series: Teaching and learning in science series
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780805860023; 9780805860030; 9781410617583
Subjects: Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.; Science and the humanities.; Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Introduction to interdisciplinary science and language arts instruction; value: Why research on interdisciplinary language arts and science instruction? / Valarie L. Akerson & Terrell A. Young; value: Interdisciplinary teaching: history, theory, and interpretations / Janet C. Richards; value: A sociocultural perspective on scientific literacy and learning science / Troy D. Sadler; value: The influence of interdisciplinary science and language arts instruction on children's learning; value: Teachers' use of science notebooks to assess understanding of science concepts / Judith A. Morrison; value: Using the THC model of science investigation and science notebooking in elementary and middle-level science classrooms / David T. Crowther & John R. Cannon; value: Children publish in science as a way of knowing / Deborah A. Powell & Roberta J. Aram; value: Preparing English language learners in the science classroom / David Crowther ... [et al.]; value: Inquiry curriculum in the primary grades / Carole Gile; value: Research on preparing elementary teachers to use interdisciplinary science and language arts instruction; value: Using a literature-based text cluster to teach science / William P. Bintz & Sara Delano Moore; value: Interdisciplinary teaching in the primary grades : preservice teachers' dilemmas and achievements connecting science, the arts, and reading / Janet C. Richards & Kim T. Shea; value: Using science notebook writing to promote preservice teachers' understanding of formative assessment / Judith A. Morrison; value: Using critical literacy in the science classroom / Ingrid Graves & Teddie Phillipson-Mower; value: CLASP : an approach to helping teachers interpret children's science journaling / Susan J. Britsch & Daniel Philip Shepardson; value: Semiotics for integrating geosciences into literacy in teacher education / Lucia Y. Lu; value: Using action research projects to help preservice elementary teachers effectively use interdisciplinary language arts and science instruction / Valarie L. Akerson; value: Conclusions and recommendations; value: What do we know from our research? what do we still need to know? conclusions and recommendations / Valarie L. Akerson & Terrell A. Young.